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General Government <br />The sustainability of our water supply is an issue of regional and statewide significance and the <br />expense of any necessary projects that benefit the region should not fall on individual cities. Any <br />attempts to address water supply sustainability must also take into account all water users, <br />including municipal water suppliers, industry, private wells, agriculture and contamination <br />containment. <br />The metropolitan region must consider the effects of groundwater use beyond the borders of the <br />metropolitan area on the region's groundwater availability and the cost of treating contaminants <br />in surface water that comes into the metropolitan area for use. <br />Metro Cities supports the removal of barriers to wastewater and storm water re -use, <br />improved inter -agency coordination, clarifying the appropriate roles of local, regional and <br />state governments with respect to water, streamlining and consolidating permit approval <br />processes and the availability of statewide resources to plan for and ensure the future <br />sustainability of water supply in the metropolitan area. Metro Cities also encourages the <br />Metropolitan Council, in consultation with municipalities, to find ways to re -use wastewater and <br />to develop other strategies to improve conservation. <br />Metro Cities supports state funding for costs associated with converting water supply from <br />groundwater to surface water and funds to encourage and promote water conservation as a <br />strategy to improve water sustainability and to improve and protect water quality. <br />2-R Regulation of Massage Therapists <br />In the absence of statewide regulation for massage therapy practitioners, many cities have <br />enacted local ordinances that require massage therapists to obtain a local professional license to <br />assist law enforcement in differentiating between legitimate providers and illegitimate businesses <br />fronting as massage therapy establishments. <br />Metro Cities supports statewide registration or licensure of massage therapists to aid local <br />law enforcement efforts in this area. Metro Cities supports cities' ability to continue to <br />license massage therapy businesses. <br />2019 Legislative Policies <br />18 <br />